Here are 5 Reasons Explaining Why Recycling is a Scam
How the current focus on recycling is bad for the environment
Humans consume a lot. And in doing so, we inadvertently create lots of waste as well. In fact, we produce so much waste that we can find them everywhere. A study done by researchers from the University of Hull and Brunel University found that for every 100g of British mussels eaten, an estimated 70 tiny pieces of debris (like microplastics) is being consumed as well.
Furthermore, the prevalence of waste even affects areas that are far away from human settlements. Henderson Island, an uninhabited coral atoll, has the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world, with 99.8% of the pollution plastic.
And it’s not just plastic. As a whole, we generate a lot of waste. Paper accounts for around 26% of total waste at landfills. In Australia, an approximate 44 kg per capita of glass waste was generated in 2016–17. In America, 9.16 million tons of rubber and leather waste was created.
With such a large amount of waste being generated, we find ourselves in a position where recycling is often touted as the ‘perfect’ answer to all our environmental problems.
While efforts to encourage recycling are helpful to some extent in reducing the…
